How does a girl choose between the bad boy who needs her and the boy next door she's always loved?Dani Standifer arrives home at her West Texas family ranch a day early, ready to pick up where she left off with Rowe Ayers, her high school sweetheart. However, when she opens the door to their line-shack trysting place, it's clear she waited a day too long. Rowe's with someone else—another man. And not just any other man—

After tracking two lost hikers, a park ranger and a local rancher lose themselves to a wild passion...This 5000-word erotic Western short story first appeared in Cowboy Heat. It may be short in length, but it's not short in passion!*~*~*~*Excerpt:I trusted his instincts. Not something I did easily. He was so competent and briskly impatient that I'd gone along with his every suggestion, biting my tongue before adding my own t...

Caught in a sudden thunderstorm on a lonely stretch of Texas highway, I pull into a dingy little diner to wait out the rain, never dreaming the cowboy of my dreams will follow me inside. Now I have a couple of choices. Play it cool and safe? Or go for the big brass buckle...Note: This 7100-word erotic Western short story was originally published under the titled "Cowboy" but has since been revised and expanded.

Honey Cafferty lives a happy but precarious existence as a traveling saleswoman, searching for a sense of belonging. From her colorful wagon she brews decoctions to cure ennui, sleeplessness, hysteria — and after a visit from a mysterious Mexican curandera — she believes she's found the way to improve a man's libido. But how can she package her "Elixir of Love" without being run out on a rail from the nearest town for selling something that produces such carnal effects?

An accident involving barbed wire gives Lyssa McDonough the chance to play damsel-in-distress to capture rancher Brandon Tynan's attention. Brand promised Lyssa's older brother he'd keep an eye on his kid sister when he went off to war, but the sexy cowgirl tempts his code of honor past the breaking point when her actions beg for his brand of sensual punishment.A little TLC turns into one hot encounter neither can just brush off. Now, Brand is dete...

Temptation this wicked has only one explanation—the devil has dimples!When ex-rancher and rodeo cowboy, Lone Wyatt, saunters into a small Oklahoma town, he isn't expecting much. After his brother married the woman they both loved, he's been rethinking his life, opening himself to the possibility of finding his "one and only"—but he's in no rush. Until he meets Charli Kudrow. One wary glance from her haunted eyes, and he's ready to tear through every objection she o...

Two construction workers come to the aid of one woman looking for a last taste of freedom...Note: This 6000-word short story was previously published in Penthouse Magazine and Suite Encounters: Hotel Sex Stories, and has been revised and expanded. It may be short in length, but it's not short in passion!*~*~*~*~*I eyed the large men seated on the sides of the truck bed, their shirts gone, faded jea...

On Memorial Day, he will stand by her side when she visits her husband's grave, but he wonders if she'll ever see him as anything more than her husband's best friend and the man who accompanied his body home for burial…Navy SEAL, Chris "Zig" Bykowski, has done his duty to his best friend's wife by being there to help whenever she or her son needed him. However, now, he has the feeling she wants to put distance between herself and the SEALs who watch over h...

A former Navy SEAL is teamed with a feisty ex-Marine to provide protection for a Greek tycoon's daughter to make sure the bride gets safely to her destination wedding...Former Navy SEAL, Trigger Matthews, now a special operator with Justin Ballard's Black Knight Security in New Orleans, is teamed with a feisty ex-Marine as part of the protection detail for a Greek tycoon's spoiled daughter. The prickly woman proves to be a challenge he's eager to explore.

Out with the old, in with the new...Or so Sherry Thacker thinks. Problem is, her fire chief ex is always on her mind—shirtless, sweaty, sooty, way too handsome—and right across the street from City Hall. When a "Wet Down" ceremony to retire an old fire truck is planned by the city council to raise funds for the firehouse, she has to put aside her hurt and anger and do her job.Blake Thacker wants his wife back—in the house they shared, in their marr...

In Cabo San Lucas, Navy SEAL Carson "Beach-boy" Walsh is ready to live the good life. After surviving fifteen deployments in ten years, he bailed on the SEALs, figuring this cat had run out of lives. The only danger he faces now is choking on an oyster or drowning in beer—and then he meets her.Gina Tripp is the Calamity Jane of bounty hunters, enjoying an unexpected vacation. She's the stand-in for an absent groom on her girlfriend's honeymoon in Cabo when she meets a cute...

Find out what really happened between The Beauty and The Beast. Hint: It's not your children's fairytale!This 5000-word erotic short story was previously published in Fairy Tale Lust. It may be short in length, but it's not short in passion!*~*~*~*Excerpt:And so it was that the miller's daughter traveled to the faraway village in the mountains. All along the way, her excitement grew. The lands they passed were rich and verda...